Animal poke for restraining stock



Apr. 3, 1923.

E. W. WOOD.

ANIMAL POKE FOR RESTRAINING STOCK.

FILED DEC. 22, 1922.

A TTORNE Y.

Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

UNI'T'EDL- STATES EDWIN'W. WOOD, OF LOCKRIDGE, OKLAHOMA.

ANIMAL roxn roannsrnarnrne smock.-

Application filed. December 22, 1922; Serial No. 608,553. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN W. W001),-.a

citizen of the United States, residing at Lockridge, in the county of-Logan and Stateof Oklahoma, havelinvented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Ammal Pokes for Restraining Stock, of Whichthe followingis a specificatlon, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. Myinvention relates to improvements 1n animal pokes for restraining stockwithin;

enclosures, especially wire fences, and consists of a flexible member tobe attached to a ring in the nose, or a halter, strap or rope on thehead, neck, or other portlon of an animal, andprovided with a series ofrigid bent links and hooks hanging depended from .said flexible member,the. hooks projecting outwardly' and upwardly, and oppositely to eachotherso as to catch.

on the, fence.

The object of the inventlon 1s to provlde a device of this-character sothat stock wearing it is prevented from escaping from enclosures andprevented from going through 1 the fence, or throwing their weightagainst the wires; also to provide a device ofv this character, of.novel features, simple and; inexpensive in its construction, quicklyand easily applied and removed, and novel and effective in accomplishingits intended purpose.

Another object of the device is intended to efiect the samepurpose byattaching to. a halter on thehead, ora collar strap or..:

rope around the neck of an animal sought to be confined within limitssuch as a pasture, corral or other enclosure.

The invention, novel features, details of construction and combinationof parts and other objects of the invention will be hereinafter moreparticularly set forth, lllustrated in the accompanying one pagedrawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing forming a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, depended from the linksand ring as applied to the cartilage or septum of an animals nose.

Figure 2 is an assembled elevation view of the ring, links and thedevice.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in all figures.

'The device is rlgld wire, so

the middle asnto-v form a :SCIlbGCl, and isdepended Theddevice may be,dependedwfromsa suit--,

able flexible. member. or from .a chain, 2 of any desired form insertedin the nose of an animal. 28,

;through the cartilage, or septum-,1 (Fig: 1).:

preferably made:- of heavybent that each separate-.-por-= tion ormemberof thedevice asdHustr'ate'd by 3, 4:, 5,6, ,7 hooks 5, 7, bentoutwardlyand oppositely each other,

two thicknesses of the. side- 8 at the apex of thickness; at the base,

and any desired number. 20f llIlkS placed 1n a nose-rin :1, or any othersuitable ring;the'nose.-r1ng is: to be.

and 2 1, hastwo blunt-pointed and upwardly, and sobent-in link 3.having-:1: wire placed: side by.-

said. link 311111310116" I the two hooks extending below'the base ofsaid link. approxilnately twice the length of the-link. Thea-f secondportion or member. of the device 8,&

9, 10, 11. is formed like. the sone above dee that portion of its linkthrough the link of the diately above: Where it has of said wire, of thesecond gles to thehooks of the first member, 5,7, and comparativelyrigid, and, in: combina:- tion with the from the firstr-by havingtWothiok-. nesses of-the wiresideby side18,i9, passing portion immebutone strand; 24 thereby keeping the hooks member 10, 11, at rightan 1length of: the books :as' de-w scribed below-the baseof the link,'p

venting the members:

stant use.

12, 13, 14, 15, 16; 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, but as many like portions ormembers as are desired may be used. The wires on which are formed thehooks on the lowest member of the device are preferably shorter than theother portions or members, so as to cause the two hooks on the next tothe lowest member and the two on the lowest member to be on the samelevel and the twlp members to be at right angles with each 0t er.

from. becoming tangled, and insuring their readiness-to. in-. Preferablyfour members" or pore tions are -useda3, 14C, 5, 6, .7 l 24, 8,9,?10,1111,-

From the description and accompanyingdrawing and the specifications theadvantages of construction and operation will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art to which my invention pertains; but it will beunderstood that anymodification within the scope of the claimedinvention may be made in the construction without departing from thelink said lowest principle of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is:

1. An animal poke as described comprising a plurality of longitudinallyarranged members similarly formed composed of wire, or other suitablematerial, the ends forming hooks blunt at the beaks, bent outwardly andupwardly, and oppositely each other, said members bent so as to form alink intermediate their ends with two strands of wire side by side atthe top and a single strand at the base of said link; said members sohung that each successive pair of hooks will be below and at rightangles with the preceding pair.

2. An animal poke as described comprising a plurality of longitudinallyarranged members composed of wire, or other suitable material, similarlyformed, except the lowest member, the ends forming hooks blunt at thebeaks. bent outwardly and upwardly, and oppositely each other, and saidmembers bent so as to form a link intermediate their ends with twostrands of wire side by side at the top and a single strand at the baseof said member bent so as to make the link intermediate its ends smallerthan the other links yet loose and free around the single strand of thelink immediately above it, and the stems on which its hooks are bentmade shorter than the other stems, making the four lower hooks on acommon level, and each pair of hooks oppositely and at right angles witheach other.

3. An animal poke as described comprising a plurality of longitudinallyarranged members similarly formed composed of wire, or other suitablematerial, the ends forming hooks blunt at the beaks, bent outwardly andupwardly, and oppositely each other, and said members bent so as to forma link intermediate their ends with two strands of wire side by side atthe top and a single strand at the base of said link; said links linkedtogether so as to make the two strands side by side in the link of eachsucceeding member fit into the single strand of the link immediatelyabove it in each instance, and so as to make the hooks of eachsuccessive memr ber at right angles with the hooks of the memberimmediately above.

4. An animal poke as described comprising a plurality of longitudinallyarranged members similarly formed, composed of wire or other suitablematerial the ends forming hooks blunt at the beaks, bent outwardly andupwardly, and oppositely each other, said members bent so as to form alink intermediate their ends with two strands of wire side by side atthe top and a single strand at the base of said link, the links of saidmembers fitted into each other so that the said two strands fit into thesingle strand of the link immediately above it, and the two stems withthe hooks thereon are depended at right angles with the two stems andhooks immediately above.

5. An animal poke as described, comprising a plurality of longitudinallyarranged members similarly formed, composed of wire or other suitablematerial, the ends forming hooks blunt at the beaks, bent outwardly andupwardly, and oppositely each other, said members bent so as to form alink intermediate their ends with two strands of wire side by side atthe top and a single strand at the base of said link the links of saidmembers fitted into each other so that the said two strands fit into thesingle strand of the link immediately above it, and the two stems withthe hooks thereon are depended at right angles with the two stems andhooks immediately above, the whole depending from and in combinationwith a nose-ring, or halter, or with such nose-ring, or halter, and anordinary chain.

EDWIN W. WOOD.

